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Cultivation: Wristwatches
The authors inform us that During the war, American men began to reassess
their opinion of the wristwatch. To prewar men, a watch on the wrist was a
feminine ornament, or worse, an object of ridicule.
PBS
History
See the MacArthur link and the Battlefield Vietnam links for recent programs
on military history.
Documents
in Military History
Focused primarily on European military history before the twentieth century,
although we intend to incorporate the American and non-Western military
heritages, as well as contemporary warfare.
Death
of the Father: An Anthropology of Closure in Political Authority
The site provides information about the "fathers" and the rise and
fall of their regimes, including chronologies, maps, archival images, and a
glossary of terms. Mussolini, Hitler, Hirohito, Ceausescu, Stalin and Tito
are featured, with primary links to: Chronologies, Maps, Glossary, Other
Resources, Student Work, Media Sources.
AITLC
Student Guide to History/Social Studies
See the Guide
to Wars (Peloponnesian War, Trojan War, Defeat of the Spanish Armada,
French Revolution, American Revolution, War of 1812, American Civil War,
World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War).
Military
history
Part of the Canadian Forces College, Department of National Defence (Canada)
. Offers an excellent timeline from Ancient to the present...with emphasis
on the Western context of conflict and war. If this is a limitation, it is
minor. Since chronology (and its visualization) is such an important part of
the discipline of history, this interface offers some obvious benefits to
the serious student.
The
War Times Journal
on-line magazine which covers all periods of military history.
Australian
War Memorial Issue
Current issue features: The life experience of partners of ex- POWs of the
Japanese, The war art of Colin Colahan, Beyond the metaphor: football and
war, 1914-1918 and GARRY KINNANE a study that explores the life experience
of eleven wives or widows of POWs of the Japanese.
HISTORY The history of refugees. Some selected essays. Punished peoples: the
mass deportations of the 1940s (Displacement in the Commonwealth of
Independent States, May 1996), The origins of asylum (From The State of the
World's Refugees: The Challenge of Protection, UNHCR, 1993), The evolution
of refugee protection (From The State of the World's Refugees: The Challenge
of Protection, UNHCR, 1993), Refugees and the Nobel Peace Prize (From The
State of the World's Refugees: The Challenge of Protection, UNHCR, 1993).
The
World War I Document Archive
Primary documents from World War I assembled by volunteers of the World War
I Military History List. Feature commerating the Somme, with date on the
battle, losses, maps of the Somme and other primary documents.
H-GIG
Historical Photographs Online
This has to be the most extensive listing of Internet resources in this
area. A first stop for graphics, from the Department of History --
University of California, Riverside.
WAE - History, Military
History, Aviation CD ROM Catalog
Catalog also has graphics, site mirrors, links and articles. Educators,
military, history, and aviation buffs, researchers, students, and veterans
will appreciate the wide selection of CD titles as well as the interesting
side trips.
Peace
and Security WWW Server
Armed forces of the world, current conflicts, International organizations,
and relations, Military art and science, Military history, Peace and
disarmament, Peacekeeping. A click on "military history" and then
on World War I revealed a large listing of WWW, Gopher and FTP links -- with
a focus on World War I. See the graphical quick reference for a world "clickable"
map of conflict areas and a timeline of conflicts from neolithic times to
the Gulf War.
The
Smoking Gun: The Titanic Files
Currently presenting a collection of historical documents about the maritime
disaster. Archive includes a large collection of earlier "smoking
guns": Old Bust Leaves Linda Tripped Up, The Malcolm X Files,Nailing
Two Nasty Nurses, Tobacco And Teenagers, This Date In History, Is Tyson On
The Ropes?, Tim Allen: Wheely Dangerous?, Versace: Case Closed, State Of The
Union, Hoover's Trouble With Hollywood, Gotti Jr.: In Dad's Footsteps?, A
Picture Is Worth A Thousand Days, Happy Birthday Howard Stern, The Capeman
Files, Sleazy Scribe Snitches Out Sinatra, David Duchovny's Ticket To Ride,
Beware Of Guy With Shifty Eyes, Trying To Drive Castro Crazy, The 12 Docs Of
Christmas, Diamonds Are A Gangsta's Best Friend, Unabomber Suspect: I'm No
"Sickie", JonBenet Ramsey Case Documents, Lucy: Only My Hair Was
Red, The Minnesota Kidney Caper, JFK: Tales From The "Darkside",
Alicia Silverstone: Clueless Behind The Wheel?, Halloween Special: Sad Tale
Of Smashed Pumpkins, A Taxing Solution: Gates Will Pay The Bill, MLK JR.:The
First Attempt, Beatle Battle: The Fight For John Lennon's FBI File, Moore's
Wife: Dudley Didn't Do Right, Air Force: There's Nothing Out There, Elvis's
Blood on FBI's Hands, Bill Cosby extortion plot. Enjoy the Newspaper
Exhibit of the Titanic, a Virginia Newspaper Project that examines the
news covering the sinking of R.M.S. Titanic, April 14, 1912. A most
interesting page, especially the documentation and links to the
"Inaccurate Reporting" in the news reports.
An
Auschwitz Alphabet
Alphabet represents selection of the significant facets of life and death in
Auschwitz. In twenty-six "slices" illustrate the entire human
landscape of the camp.